Transport and Logistics Network
One lane near the busy Orwell Bridge is blocked after a lorry broke down.Suffolk Police said it happened at about 07:15 BST on the A14 eastbound stretch just after the Orwell Bridge prior to the Seven Hills junction.Lane one is currently blocked and a …
The following cases were heard at either Preston Crown Court or South Cumbria Magistrates’ Court.
Barrow dad Jordan McQuinn jailed for strangling ex-girlfriend
A JEALOUS dad with a ‘history of violence in intimate relationships’ has been jailed for str…
The M6 has been closed in both directions after a lorry overturned[1], sparking traffic chaos for commuters this Monday morning.
Emergency services raced to the scene of the crash[2] in Cumbria between J41 for Wigton and J42 for Carlisle South.
Cumbri…
Barrow: Loud motorbike leads to drug driving sentence for apprentice
A TEENAGE apprentice mechanic was caught drug driving on New Year’ Day, a court heard.
Kingsley Davies, of Piel View Grove, Barrow, was stopped on Rawlinson Street on January 1 this y…
James MountfordBBC News, LancashirePaul BurnellLancashire PoliceA man who ignored medical advice to stop driving due to his epilepsy diagnosis and took cocaine before a crash that killed his teenage son has been jailed for 10 years. Daniel Burba, 31, f…
This campaign under Operation Spotlight is an initiative focused on removing unfit drivers from the roads.
The first incident occurred after midday on Sunday, July 6, when police received a report of a car being driven erratically on the M6 near Burton…
Emergency services were called to the scene just before 9am this morning (Friday, June 27) after a crash involving a motorbike and a van.
The road was closed in both directions for several hours, causing significant delays between Ulverston and Barrow….
Cumbria Police is appealing for witnesses after a crash between a van and a pedestrian in Prescott Road, Carlisle.
The incident occurred at around 9:15am on Tuesday, June 24.
The pedestrian, a man in his 20s, was taken to hospital after suffering serio…
An inquest into the death of a teenager has been opened and suspended, as police continue to investigate the crash that killed him.Timothy Paul Jolley, 19, of Ulverston, Cumbria, died in the two-vehicle collision on the A5087 Coast Road at Rampside, ne…
Emergency services were called to the scene just after 2.30pm on June 11, after reports of a lorry on fire. Fire crews from Ulverston and Grange attended and used a hose reel jet and thermal imaging camera to bring the blaze under control.
The fire wa…